Re: how to save state as new workspace

Paul -

I don't see how to do this easily. What I tried was
- Workspace / Show Workspace
- Create new workspace (+)
- What I wanted to do was:
      - in the workspaces inspector, option-drag (make a copy like in  
Finder) the
        windows from the original workspace to the newly created one
      - I'd hope that I would get all the history for that tab
      - but that didn't work
- What I did:
      - create several new tabs in the new workspace
      - go to the original workspace, copy the URL from the address bar
      - go back to the new workspace (you can switch back and forth by
        double-clicking in the workspace inspector), click on a tab,
        and paste the copied URL into the address bar
      - repeat

Another approach is to think outside the browser but this will only  
work if
you are saving your state while browsing:
      - go to ~/Library/Application Support/OmniWeb 5/Workspaces
      - duplicate the workspace you want and give it a new name

I suppose you could do this while OW was open, but I'm not sure how  
often
it's saving the file. Perhaps switching from one workspace to another  
would
cause a file write. I don't know, but that would be prudent.

I tried that last one (made sure I was using auto-save while browsing).
I adjusted some tabs, switched to a different workspace, went to the  
finder
and duplicated the file for the workspace I wanted to duplicate, and  
then
quit OW. All is well. Then I just need to roll the original one back to
its snapshot.

It would be nice to have a way to do this inside OW in a more  
selective way.

If you need cleaner instructions, ask me.

Beth Katz

On Nov 10, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Paul Tratnyek wrote:

> I recently had one of my most complex and important workspaces open,  
> then closed the windows, and got searching for something else, which  
> led to several new windows each with  a bunch tabs. Now, I would  
> like to save as a new workspace for the new project.
>
> You would think there would be an obvious way to save such a state  
> as a new workspace, without altering the previous workspace (which  
> is still active). But, when I have tried this in the past, the  
> result has always been frustrating. I either end up losing my new  
> work, or overwriting my old workspace.
>
> Can someone explain exactly how to go about this.
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